Washing-machine



(No Model.)

J. B. TURBEVILLB su M. P. HIGGS.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 601,740. Patented Apr. 5, 1898.

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JOHN B. TURBEVILL" AND MARION F. HIGGS, OF LINGLEVILLE, TEXAS..

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No.1601,'740, dated April 5, 1898. Application flied Gamberi?, 1895. serial No. 566,028. N model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that we, JOHN B. TUEBEVILLE and MARION F. HIGGS, citizens of the United States, residing at Lingleville, in the county of Erath, State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in washing-machines;

' and it has for its object, among others, to provide a simple and cheap portable machine combining a washer 'and a boiler with means for regulating the tension of the rollers one upon the other, so as to prevent injury to the clothes,the tearing od of buttons,and the like.

The device embodies a light stand, upon which is removably supported the boiler, having a depending tank or receptacle connected with the boiler or tub proper by pipes, which serve,further,to aid in supporting the said receptacle, and the whole adapted to be mounted upon the support over a suitable heat. The rollers are mounted upon a suitable framework having clamps or analogous devices for engaging the sides of the tub to hold it rigidly yetremovably in position, and the device as a whole is simple, cheap, durable, and most efficient for the purposes for which it is designed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with. the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine complete. Fig. 2 is a substantially central vertical section through the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section through the rollers and their support.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a suitable stand or support, made preferably of wire, of sufficient strength to support theoperating part and of the required height to provide room This receptacle is provided with a suitablefaucet D, as seen in Fig. 1, and pipes E are provided, there being in this instance three, which afford communication between the lower portion of the receptacle C and the tub B and serve, further, to strengthen the connection between these two parts, as will be readily understood.

F is a plate, from near the opposite ends of which extend the vertical plates F', the upper ends of which are bifurcated or slotted, as seen at f in Figs. 1 and 2, and in. these slots is journaled the shaft G, carrying the large corrugated roller H, one end of the shaft being provided with a crank and handle II', as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, by which it may be operated. I are springs connected at one end to the ends of this shaft and their other ends extended through the plate 'F,as seen in Fig. 2, and provided with thumb-nuts t', by means of whichY the tension of the springs may be adjusted.

J J are small corrugated rollers arranged on a lower plane and upon opposite sides of the axis ofthe roller Il, as seen best in Fig. 3, andV beneath these corrugated rollers and having theiraxes arranged inside of those of the rollers J are rollers K, the shafts of the rollers J and K being mounted in the vertical plates F', as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

The plate F, with its rollers and their attachments,is detachably supported within the tub B by means of the metallic plates L,

which are secured to the under side of opposite ends of the plate F, as seen best in Fig.

2, and extended upwardly and outwardly in IOO is placed in position Within the tub and supported at the proper distance from the bottom thereof by means of the bends of the plates L resting upon the upper edge of the tub, as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2. Water is placed in the receptacle C, and a lamp, gasstove, or other heater (not shown) placed beneath the same, and as the Water is heated the steam and Water is forced up through the pipes E into the tub,which may contain a sufficient quantity of Water, and the clothes therein Will be thoroughly and quickly cleansed. The cone-shaped boiler has been found from practice to produce the best results, the Water therein being more easily heated, the facilities for heating being better, and the steam more readily forced therefrom as the Water is heated. The clothes can be Washed and boiled in the same tub, thereby saving the changing and lifting, and the Water can be drawn from the same through the faucet and conducted away, if desired, by hose.

Vhat We claim as new is- 1. The combination with a tub, having inclined sides, of a plate carrying a series of rollers, and metallic plates secured to opposite ends of the said plate, and having their outer ends bent to engage over the upper edge of the tub, with the portions Within the tub inclined to conform to the inclination of the Walls of said tub; substantially as described.

2. The combination with a tub having inclined Walls, of a plate carrying a series of rollers andthe metallic plates secured at one end to the under side of said plate at the ends each of said metallic plates having an inclined portion to conform to, and bear against, the inner surface of the inclined Walls of the tub, and their other ends bent downward and out- Ward forming a loop resting upon the upper edge of said tub, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN B. TURBEVILLE. MARION F. HIGGS.

Witnesses:

J. A. F. CAMPBELL, T. J. RoERsoN. 

